Taximeter.



W. LEWIN.

TXIMETER. APPLGATION ILED JULY 31, 191] Patented Jan. 13, 1914.

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ATTORNEY S W. LEWIN. TAXUMBTERl AIPLILJHON FILED JULY 31, 1911.

1,084,018. Patendum 13,1914

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WITNESSES mf Amm-Ww' SRM 2 QW ATTORNEYS exited Jan. 1:3, 1914,

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W. LEWIBL TAXIMBTER. APPLICATION FILED JULY 31, 1911,

1,084,018. Patented Jan. 13, 1914.

WITN ESSES ATTORNEYS W. LBWIN.

TAXIMBTER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 3l, 1911. 1,084,018. Patented Jan. 13, 1914 7 SHEETS-SHEET 5Y Q /4/ Z /52 40 f/ W'ITN ESSES INVENTOR WHLTE-Ff' Lew/N BY 7? s. TM M M5 y #WALTER Leitrim or ABERDEEN, Wasmnsmon" To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WVALTER LEWIN, a subject of Great Britain, and a resident of the city of Aberdeen, Chehalisccounty, State of lashington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Taxime'ters, of which the following is a specification. l

The invention relates to taximeters for use on automobiles and other vehicles to register and record the distance traveled', 'the cost of the trip and other items which may be necessary or desirable on such record. The object of the invention is to provide a taXimeter Which will produce duplicate records of the various items, one of Which records is retained in the device and the otherpgdeliv'ered to the passenger.

Another object of thev invention is to'produce duplicate printed records of the distance traveled, the cost of the trip, the time` consumed for the trip and other markings to identify the Vehicle and driver and date of the trip. l l

Another object of the invention vis sto provide a taXimeter WhichfWill vregister and record the cost of the trip at different rates or schedules, depending on the number of passengers carried or other circumstances of travel. g

A further object of the invention is to provide a taximeter which when attached to a vehicle which 1s hired at a cert-ain rate per mile traveled Will automatically register at another rate during that period ofi the tripthe snowing made bysuch drawings and descriptfions a mayl ya-"dofpt many` Avaria-ti ons within?v the' opeofV i pressedfin' said claim Heretofore QTAXIMETER. i. Specication of Letters 'atentg.

Application med my si, 1911. serial 116.641,63'6'.

means for registering and recordi' `rates. depends upon the nur out of operatirm`7 Iso/that 11thx mjf''invention fus exi' Ratente imeters have registered only en lials,fthe distance traveled and the ,costkf' the ytrip and no provision has beenmadezforfsup-H plying the passenger with ,recordorre 55 ceipt showing the distance traveled "and the cost of the trip or other iten'is:concerning` the conditions ofV the"tripf-oridentifving marks showing the vehicle and drivers number and the time consumed." Thisarri'nigement hasproved objectionable infinanjlfrc spects, as a dispute often ariseshetvtec'n rvthe driver and the passenger-aV to .the correct-Y ness of the fare. lVhena re'kcoi nished the passengenlall 'disl carried to the office of the 'iconipan operati" ing the vehicle and such'fdisp i i' i readily settledby the company. v A further advantage of the deviceis that it supplies the company with a duplicate of the slip furnished the passent, company has a complete record a their length and durationv'and tHe-'cost thereof. 'i l Other advantages of th come apparent asthe devit detail. In the present device,I haie p 'fou r different rates or scheduleswlrich lave gen erall),v been found sufficient, vhut''tle nuniber of rates may be varied wh "if may also the rates themselv rates employed in the present" ein] of the device are single tari $3.50 per hour and$00 p The charge for service unl carried and under the las the duration of the trip or y which may enter into the arrangenent. rate under-Which the meteri's operating is displayed to the passenger at all" lVhen the vehicle is not ii-r'ser f tice Vacant appears on the meter and under such conditie puting or integrating mechfaiisi clrregistesithelfcost 'i' fico of the vehicle is apparent from the record tape.

Referring to t-he drawings: Figure 1 is a front view lof the meter, severalof the parts being broken away to show the tariff wheel and the odometer gears. Fig. 2 is a section through the meter showing the distance integrating mechanism in cooperative relation with the driving gear and the money registering mechanism. Fig. 3 is a detail of Ithe drive shaft and main shaft connections. Fig. 4 is a section through the meter sh0wing the time integrating mechanism in mesh with the money registering mechanism. Fig. 5 is a detail of part ofthe mechanism between the clclr-v mechanism and the time integrating mechanism. Fig. 6 is a side view of the meter, part of the casing being broken away,fshowing the integrating and registering mechanism of the four schedules. Fig. 7 is aside viewof t-he printing wheels showing .the mechanism for resetting the money wheels. Fig. 8 is a view of the mechanism for feeding the record tapes and for impressing the record of thewheels there-- on. Fig. 9 is a view of the stamping mechanism. Fig. 10 is a side view of part of the mechanism for feeding the tapes and stamping the record thereon. Fig. -11 is a view partly in sect-ion of the take up' reel for the record strip. Fig. 12 is a plan of the mechanism for holding the printing ribbon in place adjacent the record tapes. Fig. 13

is a section through the printing ribbon,

showing the relative positions of the printing wheels, the printing ribbon and the record tapes.

The device is inclosed in a suitable casing 2, which is provided with a base, 3, for supporting it upon a bracket or other similar structure. The integrating and registering mechanisms are supported' on a suitable frame composed preferably of the plates 4-5, secured together in any suitable man# ner. This frame is generally secured within the casing and remams permanently therein. The tape feeding and stamping mechanism is mounted on a plate 6 which is provided with dowel pins 7 which engage female d owels 8 on the frame, when the plate 6 is' .in position. This plate 6, carrying the record `tapes is arranged to be readily removable from the casing, so that access may be had to the tape reels.

vArra'nged behind the front face ofthe casing 2, is the tariff wheel 9, upon which is printed or delineated the designations of the various tariffs. The casing is provided with .an aperture 12, atwhich the tariff for whichl the meter is set is visible. The tariff wheel is rotated to its proper position by means of the thumb Wheel 13 mounted on the shaft 14, whichv extends to the outside of the casing. An idler gear 15, meshing with gear 16 on shaft 14 and with gear 17 on the tariff wheel shaft transfers the motion from shaft 14 to the tariff wheel. Arranged on the casing behind the thumb wheel 13 is a' spring held button 1S which engages depressions on the thumb-wheel when the tariff wheel is revolved and serves to stop-.the 'tariff wheel at the proper point for any-particular tariff and holds the tariff wheel in such position.

lVithin the meter are four sets of mechanisms, corresponding to the four tariffs and each adapted to integrate the time or distance in the proper relation. These mechanisms are arranged to be thrown into' or out of operative relation with the recording means, according to the conditions under which the vehicle is operating. When the designation Vacant appears on the face of the meter all of these mechanisms are 'out of working relation, so that a movement of the vehicle will not cause a recording of the cost. Vhen either of the four tariffs is shown on 'the face of the meter, the mechanism corresponding to that tariff is in operatipn to record the cost of the trip.

Each of the mechanisms corresponding to the tariffs is mounted on the arms 19a- 19h- 19C 191- which are pivoted to the shaft 21. When either of these arms is lifted or partially rotated about the shaft 21, the various mechanisms thereon are brought into operative relation with the driving and recording mechanisms and the cost ofthe trip is recorded. These arms 19a- 19h-v 19C- 191- are moved respectively by the cams 22- 22b- 22- 22- mounted on the lshaft 14, and are spaced apart according to the corresponding designations onl the tariff wheel. The cam corresponding to a particular tariff operates to throw that mechanism into operation when that particular tariff 'is shown on the face of the meter. The arms 19l- 19h-.19- 19dare preferably arranged in a substantially horizontal position, so -that those which arenot acted on by the cams', drop out of operative engagement by means of gravity but a spring may be employed when desirable. When the designation Vacant rappears on the meter neither of the cams are lows the arm to possess a certain resiliency when the various mechanisms .are being Anoe-1,0115;

together and prevents a jamming of fthegear teeth; Y

k j Ml'sthel'ineter cinprises two classes of in- `Vtegrating mechanisms, one forv the 'distance schedules vand. one for the time schedules, I will d escribeleach mechanism separately. The ,distance mechanism is operative by the -motionot the yehicle, but provision is also madefor recording the char e when the vehicle is not; moving, when c artered under thedistance schedules.- 7h-en the meter is 4operatingonone of the time schedules the distance traveled does not effect the money 'charge'.1.'.`

' j The dts-tance integr-atta@ me@Maestra-The Ax'neteris'connect'edto a moving part ofthe Velhicle,preferably a wheel hub, by the [lexihle shaft which rextends into the meter and isattached tothe shatt 2G, which' have ldesignated thedrire shaft. Y The drire shaft 26 is connected to the shaft 27 by means of Ythe beyellgrs 28--20 Loosely mounted on Lshaft .isithe gear 31 which is provided on 'one'end'witha ratchet 32. This ratchet is engagedh" a pawl mounted on collar 34 o nfs'hait 27,50 that gear 3l is reroired Yonly when the shaft 2T- is revolt/'iugm one direction. Thisprevents the backing of the vehicle frominjuring the mechanism. ,Vhen the arm 19a-fis raised, gear is brought into mesh with gear 31 and vgear 3G is brought into mesh with gear 37 on the money wheel shaft 38,. vMotion is transferred from gea.'

31', through gears 35-f39-40Wetl and 3G tow; gear 37,'whicli' operates the recording mechanism. These .gears are so proportioned that the charge forfdistance traveled is in accordaneewith the schedule. Then the vehiele isf'at resthowever',during the time ot its charter,y provision must be made for charging for and vrecording the cost of such time. This is accomplished by means of a clocklmechanism 42. When the arm 19 is movedfintoposition the gear 4t() engages a gear 43.whichisfconnected to the main clock drive gear 14 hysuitable gearing. Mounted onth'e shaft carrying gear 43 is a ratchet l5 whiclris engaged by apawl 4G on gear 4:7, loosely/*mounted 4en the same shaft.v Gear 4:7 isfeoiirivel to t,he clock' gear let by the idlersl'l, and It isdapparent that when'the Vehicle` is moving, the speed. of

gear 43 and therefore of ratchet 45 will lber greater than the speed imparted to gear et? hy the Cld the moneypwheels, the proper chai e for the service, according to the schedule charged. These sizes have all beemcalcul'ated for the schedules shown, herein l`but as they Tary for different size of vehicle wheels and different tariffs, the lexact sizes of the gears will not be given. They can 'readily be determined however by persons skilled in the art.

The time integrating mechmsmf-The time integrating mechanism is thrown into operation when vthe vehicle is chartered at either ofthe time schedules,- which in the present instance are $3.50 and $4.00 per hour. I will assume that arm 19C- 'earries the in tegrating mechanism for the $3.50 per hour schedule. ,When this arm is thrown into operativerelation gear 5e thereon engageswith gear which is on the same shaft as gearlg, and geai` 56 meshes with gear 57 on shaft 3S. The gears on shaft 38 are preferably all or' the same size but this is not absolutelynecessafry. Motion is trai'isferred from the clock gear 44, through gears 53-521- 4";55-54-58-56 and 57 to shaft The gears 55,'54-58 and 56 are so proportioned that the amount of money registered on the mene)T wheels is proportionate to the elapsed time and the rate of charge. For the l-LOO per heur rate the size of these gears vary, although their operation is thesame. p

The reg/staring mecmm'snih-Provision is made for registering and recording the time duration of the trip7 thc 'number of miles traveled, the cost of the trip, the date on which the trip was taken, the driver 'of the vehicle and the number of the vehicle. This presents a record which is complete and enables the passenger and the company to obtain an exact record of this data. The data is obtained on printing wheels and stamps and is recorded on duplicate tapes, one of which is retained in the meter and the other of which is presented to the passenger. .The various printing wheels a'nd stamps are arranged in proper alinement so-that they all print upon the tapes at the desired time. The various wheels. and stamps are supported on shafts hearing in the frame and in the bracket Gl, which lies back of the in! tegrating mechanism. The time isindicated hy the printing wheels @z2-G3 n ounted on the shaft. rIhese wheels are operated from the clock 65,1through the gears (36--67 and the Genera gear 68the object of theGeneva I be-ing .to Icau-se; the .printing wheel Ato move rapidlyofroin one, step 'to/the next?. Thewheels lf3 are provided'.,with Ylater,- ally e tendingqpins i whichr engagegfin idler of employing a l separate-clock L65. The

\ mhicheoperates.to advance wheelg method;4 of transferring motion from one "printing wheel to the other, so that onewheel advances one step for a complete revolution of the other is well known in the art,

and requires no further explanation. Such gears are used extensively in odometers and other recording devices.

The date is impressed upon the record tape by the printing wheels 71 72-.-73- 74, giving the month, day and year respectively. `These print-ing wheels are set to print the proper date by means of the indicating thumb-wheels 7 5 7 6 7 7-7 8 on the face of the meter, to which the printing wheels are connected by four shafts 79 lying one within the other. j

The distance traveled is impressed by means ofthe odometer printing wheels 81 which are connected with the main driving shaft 27. These printing wheels are always operatively connected with the main driving shaft and register the distance traveled by the vehicle, regardless of the tariii on which the .vehicle is chartered. Motion is transferred from the drive shaft 27 to the .shaft 82 carrying the odometer printing wheels through a chain gearing, which properly integrates the distance traveled.

A small gear 88 on shaft 27 meshes with gear 8i, which turns gear 85 mounted on the lsame shaft. From gear '85 motionis transferred through gears 86-87-88 and 89 to shaft 82. -A Geneva gear`91 is provided between the printing wheels and shaft 82, to advance theprinting wheel by steps. As most taximeter charges are calculated to the fifth of a mile, have arranged the first. printing wheel to register fifths, but this arrangement is perfectly arbitrary. These printing wheels are also provided with means l.for advancing each wheel one step, for a complete revolution of the wheel adjacent. l

The money charge wheels 92-9394 are operated from shaft 38 through the gears 95 and 9G and the Geneva gear 97; the wheel 92 being graduated in ten cent divisions and the others in dollardivisions. 'These printing wheels are' also 'provided with laterally7l extending pins 98 and gear wheels 99 for advancing each wheel one step for a: complete revolution of the wheel adjacent. At the beginning of a trip these printing wheels register zero, so that some pro-vision must b e made for returning thein to that position after the previous trip has been completed. This is effected by means of a cam 101 on shaft 111 which engages the lever 102 when the tariff wheel is turned to expose Vacant on the face of the meter. The lever 102 is pivoted to the frame and at .its Aupper end engages the shaft of gear wheels 99, which is mounted on a swinging frame 108 so that the gear wheels 99 are ybrought into engagement, I provide a sprin held slide 106, provided with a slotted en lying adjacent the gears 99. AS the gears 99 are moved away from the pins 98, the teeth of the gears, engage in t-he slot and are thereby held against rotation. The slide 10.6" is 'arranged in such position that the gears 99 engagefin the slot therein before becoming disengaged from the pins 98.

A fixed printing plate 107 bearing the number of the vehicle lies in proper position so that the vehicle number is printed upon the record tape.- Provision is also made for impressing on the record tape, the legend Day or Night to indicate the driver of the vehicle. These legends are mounted onthe printing plates 108 and 109, which are moved into or out of printing position by means of the thumb .wheel 112 on the face of the meter. This wheel 112 is mounted on shaft 11,3 which extends through the meter to the printing devices and operates to place either of Vthe printing plates in position.

The tape feeding and stampa'ag mec/zansm.-Tlie Itape feeding and stamping mechanism is mounted on the back plate 6 ofthe meter which is positiohed by means of the dowel pins 7. The arrangement of the mechanism is such that when the back plate is in position, the record tapes occur in correct position under the printing wheels. The record tapes are arranged in duplica-tecn the supply reel 114 which is readily removable so that it may be reloaded. This reel is prevented from revolving too rapidly by means of a spring 115 bearing against the lower face thereof. From the supply reel the duplicate tapes 11G-117 pass around the idler 118, past the printing wheels and'between the feed rollers 121- 122. These feed rollers are preferably covl ered with rubber or some similar substance sothat they obtain a firm grip on the tapes. After passing' the vfeed rollers one tape 116 passes over the roller 123 onto .the take-up'- reel-1241. The other tape 117 moves downward and projects outof the meter. A spring held knife 126 or other severing instrument is arranged to cut the tape 117 at the proper time, so that the detached 'ticket bearing the data of the trip may be presented to the passenger. The feed rollers 121- 122 are operated from the handle 127 through the gear 128 on the take-up reel shaft, the idlers 131-132 and the gear 183 on the feed roller 121. The handle 127 is moved back and forth inthe arc of a circle and means must be provided for causing a movement of the tapes in one direction from- 128 .which is engaged. by the quadrant is.

loosely mounted on its shaft and revolves only under the 'action of arm 135 when the quadrantis 1n locked position. The quadrant .is provided with a slot which engages a pin 13G on the arm 135 which holds it locked in one position, and is also provided with a spring which prevents it moving away from the gear 128 so that it may readily mesh therewith.. When the handle 127 and therefore the arm 135 is moved from right to left, as shown in Fig. 8, the quadrant will become disengaged from the gear 128 .and will not act to advance the tapes.

When moved in the opposite direction however, 'the quadrant is held in mesh by the pin 136 and causes a simultaneous movement of gear A128 and the feed rollers. Provision ismade, however, for causing a slight movement :of the record tapes, by the movement of the handle as itreaches its extreme left position.V This is accomplished by means'of the wheel 137 which is rigidly attached to the handle shaft. @This wheel 137 is provided with several teeth 138, arranged in such position that they' mesh with the pinion 139 as the handle reaches the end of its throw. rlhe movement'of pinion 139 is transferred to pinion 141 yon the same shaft by means of a pawl and ratchet within the pinions. Pinion 141 meshes with pinion 1112 which engages gear 128, therebycansing a slight Amovement of 'gear 128 and consequently of the tapes in the proper direction. The pawl and ratchet in the pinions prevents va movement offgear 128 from this source when the handle is moved in the opposite direction. The pinion 139 is prevented from bein moved by the frictional engagement of te pawl by means of a spring held finger 140.

The printing of the data on the record strips is accomplished by means of the stamping plate 143 arranged in proper position to lie parallel tothe printing surfaces when in the stamping position, but to lie away from these surfaces when not in operation. T he plate 1413 is pivoted at one end to the shaft -lttarranged on the back plate. .Whenthe passenger enters the vehicle the stamping apparatus is in the position shown inpFig. 8, the handle being moved to the extremek right. The movement ofthe handle to the left brings the spring held pa-wl to the left.

145 mountedon Wheel 137 into venga-gement with the short arm 146`throwing that arm rghis arm is rigidlyconnected to y lever 14 7"wh1ch is connected to the stamping plate by the link 148. The movement of the handle therefore, throws the stamping plate to impress upon the record tapes, the

data on the print-ing wheels at the beginning of the trip. A further movement of the handle to the extreme left brings th pinions 139-1611-142 into operation 1th the effect that after receiving the initialgnprint,

the tapes aremoved a slight dis ance to present a clean surface below the printing wheels.. After stamping the stamping' plate is returned to its original position by. means of the spring 149.

y At the end of the trip the apparatus is in:

the position shown in Fig. 9, the handle -being at the extreme left. The driver of the vehicle then moves the handle tothe right to its original position. T he first movement of the handle to the right, brings the spring held pawl 151, mounted on wheel 137 into engagement with the 'lever 152 pivotally mounted on the back plate. lever 152 is transferred to the stamping plate through lever 153 which is provide with a spring 154 bearing against an arm 155 attached to the stamping plate. The initial movement of the handle to the left therefore, imprints upon the record tapes thedata shown on the print-ing wheels at the end of the trip. A further movement of the handle brings the quadrant 134 into locked engagement with gear 128 and revolves said gear to feed the tape the proper The motion of distance so that all the data thereon will lie below the point of cuttingv At the extreme right the arm 135 engages the knife and severs the tape 117 so that the record ticket may be presented to the passenger. The d record is made upon the record tapes byf The ribbon 156 passesover the wire 'frame 157 and is accumulated on the rolls ,158-`-159,fA

mounted on the back plate. Asthe ribbon becomes used, it may be shifted by means' of the thumb screws 161 attachedv to the` rolls and lying on the outside of the meter? As the record strips are advanced by` the feed rollers 12.1122 and the diameter of the roll on the take-up reel varies with the amount of strip thereon, somep'rovisions f mustbe made for keeping the strip I116 plishedA by placing a coiled spring between the reel and the handle whichactsato over?` .taut on the reel regardless `of the amount of if come these variations. Provisionagisigalso made .for causing the reel toturnan one 'di-.

rection, although the handle? is reciprocatedzff The reel is'mounted in abracket 1-62, the upper arm 163 of which is readilyremovable,

yso that the reel can be removed and-fthe tic-g l cumulated record strip removed. :The winding element or spindle 164.0f the reel` is ref;

i is separate from the flange 167 and is connected thereto by means of a coiled spring 172 lying within the flange. The effect, therefore, of moving the handle is to put this spring 17 2 into tension and therebyrevolve the spindle. Should the movement of the flange be greatlyin excess ofthe movement ofthe spindle, on account of the spindle being held by the record strip, and the spring become tightly coiled, the handle may still be moved to `operate the feeding and stamping mechanism without operating the reel. This is effected by means of a. friction connection between the handle and the shaft 165. This yfrictional connection consists ofa cone 173 mounted on shaft 165 and which is engaged by a complementary member 17 Li, which engages the handle. The member 174 is provided on its face with a ratchet 17 5 engaged by a pawl 176 on the handle, so that as the handle is reciprocated, the shaft 165 is turnedin one direction only. A thumb nut 177 on shaft 165 is used to vary the degree of friction between the cone 17 3 and its complementary member.

I claim:

1. A taXimeter adapted to be attached to a vehicle provided with means for registering the cost of the trip according to a given schedule in combination with an actuator movable from an initial point through a cycle of operations to its starting point, and

. means operative during such movement to imprint upon record tapes two readings of the meter, one at the beginning andthe other at the end of the trip the readings being `'printed on the tape in close relation to each other.

2. In a l-ta-zimeter adapted to-be attached to a vehiclefregistering devices adapted to indicate ,th-ef cost of the trip, a tape feeding mechanism adapted to feed duplicate tapes into pr ting 'position with said registering devices, 'nator movable from an initial 1' a cycle of operations to its starti' g p t, and means operative during `such vmovement for causing the registering devicesfto print data upon the tape at the' beginning of the trip, and other data thereon atthe end of the trip and means for slightly moving the tapes between said printing operations.

3. In a taXimeter of the class described a Stamping'mechanism comprising a hinged plate and means for operating said plate comprising a wheel adapted to be reciprocated having spring held pawls thereon adapted to engage levers connected to opposite ends of the plate, to cause a movement of the plate for opposite directions of movement of the wheel.

Ll. In a taximeter adapted to be attached to a vehicle, and to register the cost of the trip, a plurality of integrating means corresponding to different time and dista-nce and to independent time schedules and means for throwing any one of said integrating means into operation and indicating on the face of the meter which schedule is in operation.

5. In a taximeter adapted to be operated at different schedules, a plurality of integrating means corresponding with such schedules, each integrating means comprisingv a train of gears mounted on a pivoted arm, said gears being normally held out of mesh with the driving and registering mechanism, and means comprising a plurality of cams for setting either integrating means into mesh with the driving and registering mechanism.

6. In a taximeter, a registering mecha,- nism, means'for holding a plurality of tapes 'i1'. close relation thereto, a printing mechanism,v a` handle, means operative by the movement. of the handle in one direction to operate the printing mechanism and advance the tapes a slight distance, Aand means operativeby the return movement of handle to operate the printing mechanism and move the printed section of the tapes from printing position. I

7. In a taximeter, a registering mechanism, means for holding two tapes in close relation thereto, a printing mechanism, a

handle, means operative by the movement l of the handle in one direction to operate the printing mechanism and advance the tape a slight distance, means operative by the reverse movement of the handle for operating the printing mechanism and feeding one of said tapes out of the meter and for severing said tape beyond the printed portion and a take up reel upon which the other tape is wound.

S. In a taximeter, a registering mechanism, means for holding a tape in close relation thereto, a printing mechanism, a handle, means operative by the initial move-V ment of the handle in one direction to operate the printing mechanism and by the final movement of the handle in the same direction to advance the tape a slight distance, and means operated by the initial movement of the handle in the reverse direction to op'- erate the printing mechanism, by a further movement of the handle to feed the tape out of the meter and by the final movement of handle to sever the printed portion from the ta` e. l

il. A `taximeter, provided with means for registering the cost of a trip at a given rate per hour and the elapsed timein combination' with means for imprinting said data beginning of the movement in the opposite upon a tape. direction and for advancing the .tape for a'- 10 10. A- tape feeding device adapted to be continuation of saidmovement. operated by the reciprocation of a handle,

comprising a.. handleand means for advanc- 4 WALTER LEWIN ing the tape a slight distance by the final Witnesses: movement of the handle in one direction, v E. A. Monox,

for holding the tape stationary during the A. B. DOLLAR. 

